: The unlikely upside to age-gating In an attempt to address the harms caused by algorithmic social media platforms like Facebook and …
: The Time Between Thoughts Back in 2006 there was a movie starring Adam Sandler, Kate Beckinsale and Christopher Walken called …
: You can’t always force the words out... After a flurry of activity on this blog, there has been a couple of things in my world that have …
: Animal Crossing and the Joy of Simple Games As I’ve got older, I’ve become acutely aware of how quickly the sands of time are running out. I …
: Small Web Discoveries - 9th May 2026 Ever on the lookout for what is good in the small web, I wanted to bring your attention to something …
: Minimalism I have referenced it in passing a couple of times now, but a few years ago when the Minimalism …
: Regional Riffs - South Wales Edition My Mastodon chum Chris recently laid down a challenge to list some bands that we love based on …
: Ten albums to take to the grave In my previous post I challenged you to come up with ten albums that you think would see you out. …
: Ten bucks a month adds up... Back in the early 90s I bought Pearl Jam’s ‘Vs’ on CD. It was a great album that I’ve listened to …
: Think Linux-y Thoughts... I first started tinkering with linux back when Ubuntu 6.04 was released. April 2006 was my first …
: Small Web Discoveries Just a quick post to share a couple of recent small-web discoveries you may be interested in. The …
: The unlikely upside to age-gating social media In an attempt to address the harms caused by algorithmic social media platforms like Facebook, …
: Reclaiming Email for Ourselves Whilst I was browsing the Kagi Small Web, which has become a bit of an escape of late, I came …
: The Pineapple Thief I’m a little ashamed to admit I’ve thoroughly slept on The Pineapple Thief. I’m a sucker for music …
: Thoughts on blogging It is far too easy to contribute to the noise and the anger in the world. It certainly pleases the …
: Blogrolls and Web Rings Before big tech commandeered the internet from the people and pushed us to the margins, we had our …
: An April Fools Done Right If you have been following along at home, lately I’ve been prattling on about the 90s internet for …
: The early internet was a feeling Whilst it is true that the internet is still out there, if you know how to find it, one thing I …
: #AI is the final frontier of late-stage capitalism Capital realised there were limits to how much useless junk it could sell to people. But, what if …
: The internet is still out there I’ve referenced it in passing before, but I have a longing to rediscover the parts of the internet …
: Bands I wish more people would listen to Music is an intensely personal thing. Whilst the corporate world has tried to package it up into a …
: Blackgaze Having cured my Black Metal vocal issues with Saor, my grazing seems to have landed on the …
: Buying CDs from niche artists As someone who grew up with…and in many ways refused to move on from them, lately I’ve taken great …
: Black Metal, but with Bagpipes Black Metal, but with Bagpipes… After publishing my Albums of the Year for 2025, something came my …
: Albums of the year - 2025 Edition As the year draws to a close, my Fediverse chums and I have been thinking about the smorgasbord of …
: Albums of October 2025 My word it has been a good month for music. The leaves are starting to fall from the trees, the …
: Albums that hooked me in September 2025 Albums that hooked me in September 2025 It has been a good month for releases if you share my tastes …
: Earworms in the time before Shazam I’m sure there has been a time in your life where you caught a few notes of a song on the TV or …
: Paradise Lost - Ascension It is not every day you get a new Paradise Lost album to talk about, but thankfully today is one of …
: Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes (Secret World Live) Peter Gabriel is someone I’ve had on my radar for quite some time. I have a copy of his seminal …
: The Arts and Culture are incompatible with Public Companies After seeing Microsoft speed-running the end of the Xbox brand, culminating in more cancellations …
: Metal music and its many themes Whilst early metal music may have been fairly one-dimensional, in 2025 I put it to you that there …
: Paradise Lost - Draconian Times (1995) It was 1995 and the world of heavy metal was at a crossroads. Metallica had drifted from its thrash …
: We need to talk about Windows 11 As someone who enjoys tinkering with computer hardware, for various reasons I’ve found myself …
: Whitechapel - I Will Find You I realise I don’t spend enough time talking about music on this blog, even though the Reed & Pickup …
: Unplugging from the USA I realise it has been a little while since my last post. After 2024 ended, my Stoic 366 project …
: Why Narcissistic Leaders Always Fail (In The End) Why Narcissistic Leaders Always Fail (In The End) - The Daily Stoic This is an excellent video from …
: Some books So, I bought some books recently. I didn't think about it much at the time of ordering, but these …
: Rethinking my relationship with technology We’ve become so dependent on our devices that when one breaks we feel like there is a part of us …
: Twenty Twenty Five I don’t really believe in new year’s resolutions. Most people fail them within a couple of weeks …
: Seneca, on the brevity of life Sometimes a quote appears in the Daily Stoic that stops me in my tracks. This is today’s instalment …
: The Games of 2024 To keep things short (for once) and light-hearted, here’s a post about the games of 2024 that …
: A year of Stoicism and daily photos As the year draws to a close it is perhaps time to reflect on the year that has passed. At the …
: More on physical media... After going on for way too long about physical media, a couple of news articles crossed my bow …
: My little corner of the internet I’ve mentioned the Mullenweg Skirmishes already in my re-introduction post. However, I first …
: The Sunlit app Trying out Sunlit… One thing I hadn’t appreciated when I signed up to Micro.Blog is the variety of …
: An introduction of sorts Photo taken on St David’s Day in Cardiff, Wales. Shot on a Nikon F80 with 50mm F1.8, Ilford XP2 …
: An ode to the MiniDisc Between the days of compact cassettes and the arrival of the iPod, there was no ideal way of …
: Physical Media There’s a lot to be said for having access to nearly all the music that has ever existed since the …
: Here’s an obligatory Hello World post. I’m still in the process of moving in, so stay tuned.
